Hi all
Another escape room outfit that we checked out on our 3 days of escape room madness in Brisbane in November 2023 was Fox in a Box Brisbane. We played a number of rooms over the space of a couple of days, including on our second full day where we played what I think is a record number of rooms in a single day in Australia….
Here is what I thought of each of the Fox in a Box Brisbane rooms that we played:
Prison Break (Room 232)
This was a very typical prison break-themed room. We were split into 2 teams initially, each locked in a different cell. We had to figure out how to escape from the cells and then I am pretty sure we had to find drugs at some point (I am not really sure). The storyline was a little weak but the puzzles and quality of theming were strong. We had fun (and we had a great game master who played along with our shenanigans). We escaped in 37 minutes (of a possible 60 minutes).
The Other Side (Room 233)
This room was significantly creepier than Prison Break. I really liked the theming in particular in this room. At one point, one player is separated from the rest of the group (and that was me) – it was a relatively scary experience, particularly being alone. The puzzles were all fun in this room, but the theming was probably the strongest aspect of The Other Side for me. We all enjoyed this one. We escaped in 37 minutes (of a possible 60 minutes).
Zombie Lab (Room 234)
This was probably their weakest room (along with their Bunker room). The theming was very simple (think a white laboratory space). I don’t recall there being any wow factor. We were running late for this room (we hit traffic on the way and were told that we might have to lose some of our time, which we were fine with). We escaped in 37 minutes and 32 seconds (and we started a little late). We had a bit of attitude from the game master on this one, which was a shame (because the other game masters we had encountered were awesome).
Bunker (Room 235)
We didn’t have a great experience in Bunker. The puzzles were ok, but there was one element in particular that ruined the experience. Very early into the room, we found a key – we held that key and were focused throughout the experience on finding a lock for that key. We ultimately escaped with the key still in hand, never having found its lock. We were told when we queried this that this was probably a spare key (and maybe when resetting the room they couldn't find the primary key, so they accidentally reset the room with 2 copies of the same key) ☹ We escaped in 37 minutes (of a possible 60 minutes), but I would give this one a miss.
Zodiac Killer (Room 236)
This was one of the better rooms at Fox in a Box I thought. The theming was creepy/spooky, not scary. There were interesting puzzles and again at one point, one of us was separated from the group (which was pretty cool). We did spend a fair amount of time scratching our heads on one particular puzzle, but we got there in the end and managed to escape in 31 minutes and 17 seconds (of a possible 60 minutes). We had an awesome game master for this room who was kind enough to give us individual feedback on our performances (at our request). One of my favourite memories of the entire weekend came from this feedback in fact, wherein my fellow player Aaron who, after having walked around the room for 10 minutes tapping two pieces of wood together, learned that our game master’s note of his performance was “Hoodie guy has absolutely no rhythm”. Thus our team name was chosen for us…
Tesla’s Mystery (Room 237)
I enjoyed Tesla’s Mystery. It was an interesting room with some interesting puzzle elements, some of which I had not seen before. I recall there being a reasonable amount of hunt and seek fun too. There were elements of this room that were a little dark but I would not describe it as scary at all. I thought it was a solid room - we escaped Tesla’s in 33 minutes (of a possible 60 minutes).
Final thoughts
We enjoyed the rooms at Fox in a Box for the most part, but Bunker and Zombie Lab weren’t great. I thought the other rooms that we played were all pretty good, especially The Other Side and Zodiac Killer. I think Fox in a Box has a mix of really awesome game masters and some less awesome game masters and I think that aspect had the biggest impact on our enjoyment of each of their rooms.
Where: Level 1, 150 Edward Street, Brisbane City
Duration: 60 mins
Themes: 9 themes
Cost: $42 per person (assuming team of 4)
Overall Rating: Decently themed rooms of varying quality
More details: https://foxinaboxbrisbane.com
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